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TAMPING TOOL.

No. 376,565. Patented Jan. 17', 1888.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN BICKFORD WALDRON AND GEORGE CARL BOLLER, OF FOLSOM CITY,CALIFORNIA.

TAM PING-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,565, dated January17 1888.

Application filed J une 8. 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WARREN BICKFORD WALDRON and GEORGE CARL BoLLER, ofFolsom City, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, haveinvented a new and Improved Taniping-Tool, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a novel form of tamping-tool; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of our improved tamping-tool. Fig. 2 is a faceview thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the face of thetamping-head. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the lower end of the handle,and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tamping-head.

In the drawings, 10 represents the handle of our tamping-tool, which isbent backward at 11 and again forward at 12, the lower end of the handle10 being formed with a tapering projection, 13, the edges of which areinclined so that they will fit within a tapering dovetail groove, 14,that is formed in the tampinghead 15. This tamping-head 15 is preferablywe claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improvedtampiug-tool consisting of a head formed with a tapering dovetailedgroove and a handle provided with a tapering projection on its lowerend, fitting in the groove of the said head, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a handle formed with bends 11 and 12 and aprojection, 13, having inclined edges, of a head formed with 50 adovetail recess, within which the projection of the handle-is adapted tofit, substantially as described.

- WARREN BIOKFORD WALDRON.

GEORGE CARL BOLLER. Witnesses:

. J. HYMAN,

S. STAMPER.

